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- EIN 36-2171716
- info@childserv.org
- (773) 693-0300
- 8765 W Higgins Rd Ste 450 Chicago IL 60631 USA
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Adoption, Children & Youth, Foster Care, Group Homes, Homeless & Housing, Homeless Shelters, Human Services
Mission: To help chicagoland's at-risk children and their families build, achieve and sustain better lives.
Programs: Dcfs-traditional, relative, and specialized foster carethe family foster care program includes, traditional, specialized and home-of-relative placement services complimented by clinical, comprehensive case management, therapeutic and foster parent services for children who have been abused or neglected. The program is concerned with the safety, permanency and well being of children in substitute care and their families. Staff works to secure the correct placement and ensures the education, caring and dedication of foster parents.
dcfs-medicaid group care group homeschildserv's group homes offer a therapeutic environment within the communities of downers grove, lisle and naperville for adolescents who are in need of placement outside their family homes. The three dupage county homes provide both emergency-respite and long-term care for youth whose problems require an extended period for resolution. Each group home has a capacity for six residents. The downers grove and naperville homes serve adolescent females and the lisle home serves adolescent males.
transitional living programchildserv's transitional living program is designed to address the need of adolescents who are wards of the state of illinois to learn to become functioning adult members of society. The tlp includes apartments which are staffed twenty-four hours a day. Dedicated staff at childserv who are skilled in teaching life skills and independence provide the necessary guidance and support to prepare the youth for successful community living.
other program services include all our community based programs and the list by size of budget include the following:- child care program- parent empowerment program (pep)- transitional housing- hippy- extended family support program- grand family support- school attendance improvement program